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Private foundation (trust)EIN 131760106Est. 1997-11

ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC

NEW YORK, NY 10115

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.4B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$60.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

646

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$94K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$40–$4.5M

Typical

Deadlines

See statement 27

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$10.8M

The pocantico center campus, housed on the grounds of the pocantico historic area, is managed by the rockefeller brothers fund as part of its agreement with the national trust for historic preservation, entered into in 1991, under which the fund is responsible for the renovation, maintenance, and operation of this historic site. The campus serves as a community resource for all ages, and offers public access through a slate of conferences, artist residencies, a visitation program, a museum, performances, permanent exhibitions, educational programs, and an annual family-focused community day. During 2024, 71 public programs were held. The pocantico center welcomed more guests than ever in 2024, including visits for public programs, the visitation program, conferences and meetings, artist residencies, and largely due to the new capacity provided by the david rockefeller creative arts center (see statement 22, statement 24 and statement 29).

Program 2

$2.8M

The david rockefeller creative arts center opened in fall of 2022 following a construction project centered around the reuse of the orangerie, built by john d. Rockefeller in 1908 on the historic rockefeller family estate and bequeathed to the national trust for historic preservation in 1979 by nelson rockefeller, which transformed the long-dormant building into this new space. Additional day-two construction work continued in 2024. The david rockefeller creative arts center is a sustainable and inclusive home for the creative process at the pocantico center, where artists and the community come together to develop, present, and experience new works of performing, literary, and visual arts. The center includes a gallery, performance space, and a flexible artists' studio. The pocantico prize for visual artists commenced in 2022 and pairs a cash prize with a two-month residency at the david rockefeller creative arts center. See statement 29.

Program 3

$815K

During 2024, 11 members of the staff of rockefeller brothers fund provided technical assistance to charitable organizations, governmental bodies and committees, and 22 members of the staff served on 66 charitable organizations' boards, committees, public commissions, or task forces.rockefeller brothers fund's website provides additional details on the fund's charitable activites: https://www.rbf.org including www.rbf.org/about/transparency/annual-reviews for its annual review.

Program 4

$687K

The pocantico center of the rockefeller brothers fund, located within the pocantico historic area (see line 1, above), began operations in april of 1994. The pocantico center is a venue for conferences and meetings that meet various criteria including direct and strong relationship to the fund's program objectives, and display of diversity of perspectives, range of opinions and breadth of experience. The pocantico center also hosts artist residencies for performing, visual, and literary artists selected by the fund's grantee organizations based in new york city. These residencies support the creative process, advance cultural awareness, and foster artistic collaborations by creating time and space for aesthetic exploration and nurturing artistic imagination. Artists-in-residence stay in the residential buildings at pocantico. The pocantico center held 56 conferences and meetings and 13 artists' residencies in 2024. See statement 29.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$76.1M

Total Expenses

$94.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$88.1M

Distributable Amount

$66.7M

Min. Investment Return

$67.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

646 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $40 through median $60K to maximum $4.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

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500 grants

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Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
168
grants
$50–250K
299
grants
$250K–1M
32
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

25 states

New York
$16.5M
43% of total
District of Columbia
$8.2M
22% of total
California
$5.2M
14% of total
Massachusetts
$1.7M
5% of total
Colorado
$871K
2% of total
Michigan
$700K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$610K
2% of total
North Carolina
$575K
2% of total
New Mexico
$550K
1% of total
Florida
$325K
1% of total

+15 more states

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